I think this year’s Rap winners (as always) will be mainstream / Top40-crossover hip-hop artists. The rappers that are only dominating at streaming will not win, bc most of the Recording Academy will not have heard of them.

The winners will more than likely be chosen out of this lot depending on who scores a nom (for better or for worse): J. Cole, Chance, Drake, Cardi B, Post Malone and maybe Young Thug. This year is J. Cole’s best shot to win a Grammy yet.

The rap field will probably be split once again. Not even a chart beast like Drake could win more than one Grammy last period. There’s really no dominant artist this time around. We all thought that would be Chance The Rapper.

Rap has been horrifically tragic this year to the point where J. Cole is competitive for a WIN.

To be fair, he actually deserves to win.

He’s considered top tier of the new school rappers (right up there with Kendrick Lamar and Drake), yet he doesn’t have the Grammy recognition they do. “Middle Child” deserves to win Best Rap Performance or Song. He will just have to get passed the panel.

To be fair, he actually deserves to win. He’s considered top tier of the new school rappers (right up there with Kendrick Lamar and Drake), yet he doesn’t have the Grammy recognition they do. “Middle Child” deserves to win Best Rap Performance or Song. He will just have to get passed the panel.

Grammys like to play catch up, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Middle Child popped up in ROTY or something like that or even “a lot”. I’m not a fan of J. Cole whatsoever but I wouldn’t be upset with him winning in this terrible year.

Young Thug’s album is pretty good and getting largely positive reviews. Pitchfork gave him an 8.4 out of 10. He may have a shot for Best Rap Album and The London (with Travis Scott and J Cole) has a shot at best rap performance. Thoughts? I have it between him, Tyler, and Meek.

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